The 2016 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 30 and 31 July 2016 at the

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. It was the seventh round of the

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. The race weekend supported the

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Background

René Binder replaced

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at Carlin GP2 team ahead of this round. This would be the second team Binder has driven for this year after having substituted for

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for ART Grand Prix.

Report

Qualifying

Sergey Sirotkin secured his third pole position of the year, marginally beating Pierre Gasly by sixteen-thousandths of a second, with Raffaele Marciello achieving third. Antonio Giovinazzi was excluded from qualifying due to not complying with undertray requirements.

Feature Race

Sirotkin took his second victory in succession from

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and Raffaele Marciello

Sprint Race

Alex Lynn took his first victory of the season after starting from the front row. It was also the first victory of the season for the DAMS outfit. Sirotkin finished second after a storming drive from eighth and Arthur Pic achieved third .

Standings after the round

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

External links

Official website of GP2 Series
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